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Conceiving Peace and Violence: A New Testament Legacy by Philip L. Tite (University Press of America) explores the role of biblical texts in the promotion of peace and violence. He begins by exploring the function of religious texts as ideological elements, recognizing that the New Testament affects the social construction of realities or cultures within which people read and apply authoritative writings to ethical discussions. Arguing that an engaged reading of these texts is central within moral discourse, Dr. Tite explores such issues as feminist challenges to biblical ethics, Jewish-Christian relations, and gay and lesbian ethical disputes in Christianity. More

The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism? by Gavin Hyman (Westminster John Knox Press) It may be said that radical orthodoxy and nihilist textualism provide two rad­ically antithetical theological responses to our postmodern predicament. What is particularly striking, however, is that these two responses have largely failed to confront and engage each other. In particular, radical orthodoxy makes serious and challenging criticisms of postmodern nihilism to which the nihilist textualist writers have manifestly failed to respond. Indeed, not only nihilist textualism but also other forms of modern and liberal theology have failed to take up Milbank's gauntlet. Although many theologians have been quick to distance themselves from the radical orthodox enterprise, an extended and thorough critique of the project has yet to appear. More

Mystical Theology: The Glosses by Thomas Gallus and the Commentary of Robert Grosseteste De Mystica Theologia edited by J. J. McEvoy (Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations, 3: Peeters Publishing) The treatise by the Pseudo-Dionysius De Mystica Theologia was translated into Latin in the ninth century, but it had to await the first decades of the thirteenth to receive interpretation and commentary. Thomas Gallus, a member of the Victorine School at Paris , glossed the Latin version of lohannes Sarracenus in 1233. This new, critical edition and translation takes into consideration all five known manuscripts, two of which are recent discoveries. The commentary by Bishop Grosseteste was made at Lincoln around 1242. It was based upon his new version of the Greek text. Grosseteste's Latin version and his commentary are published here with a translation. More

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Eighteenth-Century, British-Baptist, Woman Theologian by Anne Dutton, compiled and edited by Joann Ford Watson (Mercer) Women theologians in the eighteenth century were a rarity. Were there no other reason, this alone would make the literary legacy of the Baptist Anne (Williams) Dutton (1692—1765) significant.  More

Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity by Peter L. Berger (Religion and the Modern World: Blackwell) Does God exist? What was so special about Jesus? How can one be Christian in a pluralistic society? These are among the fundamental questions addressed by leading religious and cultural commentator, Peter Berger, in this engaging exploration of faith in modern times. The book is structured around key phrases from the Apostles' Creed, which the author uses to explore the basics of Christian belief. Drawing on both the Christian theological tradition and the work of other relevant thinkers from Freud through to Simone Weil, he negotiates between traditional and modern, liberal and orthodox views. More

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